Event
ACO Soloists: James Ledger
- Date: Monday, 15 May 2017, 7pm
- Venue: QPAC Concert Hall — Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Cnr Grey St and Melbourne St, Southbank, QLD
- Tickets: Adult: $109-$56 | Concession: $98-$48 | Under 30: $49 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 1800 444 444
Event Details
In a group the size of the ACO, there is nowhere to hide. It’s an ensemble of soloists.
This program showcases the extraordinary talents of the ACO’s musicians. Principal Violin Satu Vänskä takes on the devilishly dazzling Harmonic Labyrinth by Locatelli, whose concerto bears the inscription “facilis aditus, difficilis exitus” – easy to enter, difficult to exit. Following her stunning performance of Paganini’s Moses Fantasy in 2016, Satu will have you on the edge of your seat as she shreds the Locatelli with her customary flair.
Joining her in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins and Cello is one of the Orchestra’s newest players, Glenn Christensen. Glenn first performed with the ACO in 2001 as a member of Gondwana Voices, then in 2014 as an Emerging Artist. He has since blossomed as a full-time member of the ACO.
Another of our renowned Principals, cellist Timo-Veikko Valve, will play his glorious Guarneri filius Andreæ in a new arrangement of Debussy’s mercurial and eloquent Sonata for Cello and Piano (performed here with string orchestra accompaniment), composed just a few years before the composer’s death.
Program
RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER Andante for Strings
VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins and Cello in G minor, RV578
JAMES LEDGER The Natural Order of Things (World Premiere)*
LOCATELLI Violin Concerto in D major The Harmonic Labyrinth
DEBUSSY (arr. Jack Symonds) Sonata for Cello and Piano
MENDELSSOHN (arr. strings) String Quartet No.2 in A minor
* Commissioned by David & Sandy Libling in celebration of the life of Simon Libling.
Artists
Satu Vänskä Director & Violin
Glenn Christensen Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Featured non-Australian music: Ruth Crawford Seeger, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Debussy, Mendelssohn
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 1800 444 444 or by email to boxoffice@aco.com.au
Featured Australian Works
| The Natural Order of Things : string orchestra (2017) by James Ledger — performed by Satu Vänskä and Australian Chamber Orchestra |
Featured artists
- Performer Australian Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Satu Vänskä
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